Paleonet: Lower Triassic field trip and theme session at 2010 Cordilleran GSA

[Woods, Adam]

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to make you aware that David Bottjer and I are organizing a field trip and related theme session for the 2010 meeting of the Cordilleran section of the Geological Society of America in Anaheim, California, in late May, related to the recovery from the Permian-Triassic mass extinction.

The field trip, "Anatomy of an Anachronistic Carbonate Platform: The Lower Triassic of the southwestern United States and its Relationship to the Recovery from the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction",  will provide attendees with a complete picture of carbonate environments and associated anachronistic facies following the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, ranging from deep, outer shelf environments to shallow subtidal environments. Sites that will be visited include the deep water facies of the Union Wash Formation at Darwin, California, in order to examine seafloor calcium carbonate precipitates; shallow water stromatolites from the Union Wash Formation at Cerro Gordo, California; and middle shelf facies and corresponding stromatolite buildups and anachronistic facies from the Virgin Limestone at Lost Cabin Springs, Nevada.

The theme session is entitled:  "The Triassic Aftermath and Recovery from the End-Permian Mass Extinction", and will focus on the aftermath of the Permian-Triassic mass extinction and its impact on Triassic biotic trends.  We encourage participation from those of you interested in this crucial period in Earth history; in particular, international submissions are encouraged to expand the geographic scope and interdisciplinary nature of the theme session.

The date of the theme session hasn't been decided yet, but the meeting dates are May 27-29, 2010.  The deadline for submissions to the meeting is March 9, 2010.  More information about the meeting can be found at:    http://www.geosociety.org/sectdiv/cord/2010mtg/

Cheers,

Adam Woods
Associate Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
California State University, Fullerton
P.O. Box 6850
Fullerton, CA 92834-6850

(657) 278-2921
(657) 278-7266 FAX

http://geology.fullerton.edu

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